but he's the mayor, wouldn't he have legal jurisdiction do serve anyway? up to and including arresting those that try to stop him?
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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The previous administration is still running the town, so how is Braxton going to arrest them when they control the police force?
He became mayor because he was the only one to qualify for election in 2020, because the incumbent declined to submit paperwork (because they weren't planning to actually hold an election; the last proper mayoral election was at least 60 years ago, according to the article). The city council responded by holding an unannounced (and probably illegal) special election to re-elect the previous mayor, which no one knew about so Braxton couldn't apply for it. So the previous mayor has simply continued doing the job, with the backing of the council and all his officials. That's why Braxton is bringing a lawsuit against them.
presumably the mayor will win the lawsuit, the other guy has no case.
That is messed up. Racism can get quite bad.
Understatement of the millennia.
I read the post title and wondered which community it was and it was called usa so I just continued scrolling.
The I thought I should leave a trace of this experience nonetheless so here it was.